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UK politics

  • Activists in front of the British consulate in East Jerusalem with large banner reading 'Stop arming genocide'

    Foreign Office official quits over UK refusal to ban arms exports to Israel

  • Jacob Rees-Mogg leaves the count at the University of Bath after losing his seat in the general election

    Jacob Rees-Mogg ‘very strongly’ considering standing for election again

    Former minister said Conservatives had ‘deserved’ to lose power and that he had not been shocked to lose his seat
  • Yvette Cooper with a group of young people

    Yvette Cooper vows to crack down on promotion of ‘hateful beliefs’

    Home secretary orders review to identify gaps in system to tackle extremist ideologies including extreme misogyny

  • Brexit red tape forces UK cargo airline to fly to US for routine servicing

  • Golden age of English universities could be over, says head of watchdog

  • ‘Share government data to boost economy’, says UK statistics watchdog chief

  • Rachel Reeves’ pension plan could damage the north, says ex-minister

  • It’s time to end blame culture over benefits bill, says Labour minister

  • David Lammy warns of rising risk of full-scale regional war in Middle East

  • Boris Johnson yet to appear on GB News 10 months after being signed up as a presenter

  • Food firms must ‘up the ante’ on allergy knowledge after UK teenager’s death

Opinion

  • Birmingham

    The Guardian view on hyperlocalism: communities need more oomph

  • Larry Elliott

    GDP growth is strong but it masks UK plc’s deep-seated structural problems

    Larry Elliott
  • Carole Cadwalladr

    Inciting rioters in Britain was a test run for Elon Musk. Just see what he plans for America

    Carole Cadwalladr
  • Liz Kendall, smiling, with sunglasses on her head.

    Labour is fast discovering that Britain needs more than a Band-Aid to restore it to health

    Isabel Hardman

  • We need to make data sharing across UK government the rule, not the exception

    Robert Chote

  • Defending working-class interests requires more than simply opposing immigration

    Kenan Malik

  • Austerity is still austerity, even under a Labour government

    William Keegan

  • The Observer view on growth: Labour must be prepared to spend

  • Sunscreen is taxed as a ‘cosmetic’ in the UK. As a skin cancer survivor, I’m appalled

    Jessica Zbinden-Webster

  • Welcome to the Liz Truss school of free speech: you can criticise anyone – except her

    Gaby Hinsliff

  • The Guardian view on Scottish politics today: the SNP is down but it is definitely not out

  • In cancelling his family summer holiday, Keir Starmer has made his first serious mistake

    Martin Kettle

Features & Analysis

  • The Workers Family marketing video promising summer jobs abroad in party resorts.

    The dark side of the ‘summer of a lifetime’: young Britons exploited in jobs at Mediterranean party resorts

  • Labour politician and Home Secretary Yvette Cooper meets and discusses topics with young people at Onside in Manchester

    ‘We fear the police’: young people share their concerns with Yvette Cooper

  • Sue Gray and Morgan McSweeney composite

    ‘Look out for fireworks’: power struggle rumours between No 10 big beasts persist

  • Keir Starmer with his eyes closed in front of a union flag

    Give it a rest, Keir? Readers on Starmer cancelling his holiday

Politics Weekly UK
Every Thursday, Guardian political columnist John Harris hosts a cast of voices from up and down the country as well as across the political spectrum to analyse the week’s political news.

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Cartoons

  • Ella Baron on Benjamin Netanyahu and the ceasefire talks – cartoon

    Ella Baron on Benjamin Netanyahu and the ceasefire talks – cartoon

  • A Democrat donkey tying a Republican elephant up in knots and saying: 'No way are you recovering your poll lead with weird chats with billionaires." The elephant responds: "Way!"

    Chris Riddell on how the Democrats are tying the Republicans up in knots – cartoon

    Donald Trump’s bizarre conversation with Elon Musk leaves Kamala Harris’s party feeling confident
  • Ella Baron on Keir Starmer struggling to mend the social fabric of Britain – cartoon

    Ella Baron on Keir Starmer struggling to mend the social fabric of Britain – cartoon

    The prime minister has pledged to be tough on rioters while trying to increase cohesion among communities

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